prickly
Meanings
Plural: pricklies
Adjective Satellite
- very irritable
- "he became prickly and spiteful"
- having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
Adj
- Covered with sharp points.
- Easily irritated.
- Difficult; complicated; hairy or thorny.
Adv
- In a prickly manner.
Noun
- Something that gives a pricking sensation; a sharp object.
Origin / Etymology
From prickle + -y.
Synonyms
barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, setaceous, setose, spiny, splenetic, thorny, waspish
Scrabble Score: 18
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